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minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·10 months agoWell, the names for different parts of the color spectrum are, I suppose. Wavelength of EM radiation, and how your brain interprets it as color, is ‘real’.
minus-squaretate@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoI think they were alluding to a different use of the word color.
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoWhat use? The only thing I can think of is ‘colourful’ language, which doesn’t seem to really make sense in this context.
minus-squarerambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoThis technically goes down a very interesting line of thought that Vsauce covered once.
Well, the names for different parts of the color spectrum are, I suppose. Wavelength of EM radiation, and how your brain interprets it as color, is ‘real’.
I think they were alluding to a different use of the word color.
What use? The only thing I can think of is ‘colourful’ language, which doesn’t seem to really make sense in this context.
“People of color.”
This technically goes down a very interesting line of thought that Vsauce covered once.